Sunday Night Story Time: Mau Mau'ing the Flak Catchers, by Tom Wolfe

In 1962, the Ford Foundation created the Mobilization for Youth, which received millions of dollars from the federal government to serve juvenile delinquents on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Founded to provide opportunities for at-risk youth, the organization soon morphed into an early pioneer of radical militancy and confrontation politics. The Mobiliza…